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CTENOPHORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
Synonyms:
comb jelly; ctenophore
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ctenophore" is a kind of...):
invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)
Meronyms (parts of "ctenophore"):
comb-plate; ctene (a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused)
comb (ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ctenophore"):
beroe (delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores)
platyctenean (ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body)
sea gooseberry (ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia)
Cestum veneris; Venus's girdle (ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body)
Holonyms ("ctenophore" is a member of...):
Ctenophora; phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata)
